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YOUNG v. STATE

458 S.W.2d 635 (1970)

Willis Leroy YOUNG, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied May 18, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Henley, Knoxville, for petitioner.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Fox, Deputy Atty. Gen., Nashville, Ronald A. Webster, Dist. Atty. Gen., Knoxville, for respondent.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court May 18, 1970.

OPINION

GALBREATH, Judge.

The complaints relied on by plaintiff in error who appeals from the dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus in the Knox County Criminal Court are twofold:

(1) Negroes and women were systematically excluded from the jury that convicted him of murder in the first degree;

(2) All members of the jury which sentenced him to ninety-nine years were required to...

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